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太平洋

Tài píng Yáng · tai ping yang

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Meaning

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  1. Pacific Ocean
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A dream

  1. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)昨晚(zuówǎn)做(zuò)了(le)一个(yīgè)梦(mèng)，我(wǒ)在(zài)太平洋(tàipíngyáng)游泳(yóuyǒng)。

    Last night I had a dream. I was swimming in the Pacific.

  2. Dengdeng

    太平洋(tàipíngyáng)那么(nàme)大(dà)，你(nǐ)游得到(yóudedào)岸边(ànbiān)吗(ma)？

    The Pacific is so big. Can you swim to the shore?

  3. Liangliang

    游不到(yóubùdào)，所以(suǒyǐ)我(wǒ)醒(xǐng)了(le)。

    I couldn't, so I woke up.

  4. Dengdeng

    梦里(mènglǐ)的(de)太平洋(tàipíngyáng)冷不冷(lěngbùlěng)？

    Was the Pacific in your dream cold?

  5. Liangliang

    冷(lěng)，我(wǒ)醒来(xǐnglái)才(cái)发现(fāxiàn)，你(nǐ)把(bǎ)空调(kōngtiáo)调(tiáo)得(de)太(tài)低(dī)了(le)。

    Cold. When I woke up I found you had set the AC too low.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

太(Tài)平(píng)洋(Yáng)是(shì)世(shì)界(jiè)上(shàng)最(zuì)大(dà)的(de)海(hǎi)洋(yáng)。

The Pacific is the largest ocean in the world.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

你(nǐ)的(de)歌(gē)声(shēng)像(xiàng)太(Tài)平(píng)洋(Yáng)的(de)海(hǎi)水(shuǐ)一(yí)样(yàng)清(qīng)澈(chè)。

You sing with a voice as clear as the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by peterius · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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